ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi AMD Ryzen AM5 ATX motherboard, 12 + 2 power stages, DDR5, three M.2 slots, PCIe 4.0, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 6E, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C port, and Aura Sync RGB

I went with the ASUS ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi for my AM5 build, and honestly, I think it’s better than a lot of the more expensive “higher-end” boards out there. The build quality is excellent. Everything feels solid, well laid out, and premium without paying crazy flagship prices. Installation was smooth, and it paired perfectly with my Ryzen CPU right out of the box. BIOS is clean and easy to navigate, and tweaking settings wasn’t a headache. Plenty of connectivity too. Lots of USB, solid PCIe support, built-in WiFi, basically everything most people actually need. Performance and stability have been rock solid. No weird issues, no random crashes. For the price, this board punches above its weight. Definitely a great choice for an AM5 setup. Have not tried overclocking, but the VRMs on the board should easlity support it whilst staying cool.

Review: I’ve just upgraded my PC with the ASUS ROG Strix B650-A, and it’s been an amazing experience so far. This is my first time building with a Ryzen 5 processor, and this motherboard has made everything incredibly smooth. First Impressions: When I unboxed it, I was immediately impressed by the sleek design. The silver accents and the RGB lighting really make it stand out—it looks amazing in my case! It feels solid and well-made, which gave me confidence right from the start. Setup Experience: As someone who doesn’t have massive storage needs, the three M.2 slots are more than enough for me. Installing the components was straightforward, and the BIOS is super easy to navigate, even for someone who’s not a hardcore PC builder. It didn’t take long before my system was up and running. Performance: Paired with my Ryzen 5 processor, this board handles everything I throw at it without breaking a sweat. From gaming to casual multitasking, it’s fast, responsive, and reliable. I’m not a storage-heavy user, but I love the speed of my NVMe drive on this board—it’s made a noticeable difference in load times for games. Connectivity: The WiFi 6E is a fantastic addition. My online gaming sessions have been smooth with no lag, and the dual USB-C ports make connecting devices effortless. The PCIe 5.0 slot is a nice bonus for future upgrades as well. Final Thoughts: This motherboard is perfect for someone like me who’s building a solid mid-range gaming PC without going overboard. It’s easy to work with, looks great, and has all the features I need. Highly recommend it to anyone looking to build or upgrade a Ryzen system!

This came with a BIOS already installed that can support the Ryzen 9 series CPUs. Nevertheless I gave it a BIOS update before installing the OS and it now works very nicely with my Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 32GB of 6000mhz DDR5. I would suggest updating the BIOS before installing the OS. It’s very straight forward to do. Steps are on the ASUS website. You’ll just need a memory stick. The board supports Windows 10. The WiFi works perfectly and has Bluetooth as well so I can connect my controllers. Everything works fine. It’s a very good budget-conscious board. No issues. Nice look.

The ASUS ROG STRIX B850-E GAMING WIFI motherboard has been a fantastic upgrade for my pc. It was purchased along with a 9800x3d CPU, Arctic liquid freezer 3 AIO and 64gb of ddr5 ram. The motherboard has all the latest features, solid build quality, five M.2 slots and plenty of fast usb ports. It also looks really good with the retro styling and has some chunky heatsinks for cooling. It has some really handy features like the screwless M.2 locking mechanisms and the buttonless release mechanism for the PCIe slots. I have heard that the Q-Release Slim slots were causing damage to GPU's but I've had my old card out a few times and it's not got a scratch on it. I doubt for most people who rarely remove the GPU from the motherboard will have any issues with that but I do believe Asus have released a newer version that eliminates this. The only other thing that I've encountered with this board is that if you use M.2 slot two and/or three, it reduces the main PCIe gen 5 lane down to a x8 instead of a x16, and if you use M.2 slot four then the second PCIe slot is completely disabled. I have read into this and it's not really a huge issue as a x8 gen 5 lane is as fast as a x16 gen 4 lane, and i certainly havent noticed any differences but it's still not going to utilise the full bandwidth in the future when most new GPU's are gen 5. I've managed to work around this by moving my second M.2 ssd into slot five as I believe this doesn't affect any other Pcie slot. I would recommend going for larger M.2 drives if that's the storage to be used, or sacrificing the second Pcie lane by using slot four which gives you three M.2 slots while keeping the full x16 gen 5 slot for your gpu if it supports that. I'd say for the money you're getting a lot with this board and It shouldn't need replacing for a long time. The Asus Rog stuff never disappoints me.

I have nothing bad to say about my experience using the ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI for the past 5 months. It has worked flawlessly and coming for an ITX motherboard by a different brand previously, I have been impressed with this board’s features: 3 M.2 drives 12 rear USB ports, including 2 USB C The BIOS is slick and intuitive when I wanted to: • tweak RAM EXPO timings • undervolt my CPU • use BIOS flashback feature • turn off the motherboard RGB after finding the lights distracting I use wifi, which has been both fast and reliable Quality of life features like M.2 Q-latch, PCIE slot Q-release and DIMM slots for the RAM that only latch on one side, something I have not seen on any other board. If I had to complain about one thing, it would be the ASUS Armoury Crate software rather than the motherboard. It feels bloated and slow, BUT once you’ve used it for any software drivers and firmware updates, I was able to uninstall Armoury Crate with no issues. I’m pleased with my purchase and from my experience so far, this board has all the features that I’d want so I’d be happy to recommend.

Great MB!

The board's build quality seems really good - it was easy to install the CPU, CPU cooler, RAM, NVMe storage and GPU. Biggest issue I faced during build was identifying the front I/O panel pins as the manual, for some reason, doesn't seem to include a detailed diagram of the separate pins, so I ended up having to Google around for this and found the info I needed on a random forum somewhere. Post-build, the main niggle was slow boot times (hanging on code 15 / 'memory training' [I believe]) after turning on EXPO for my Trident Z5 Neo RGB RAM (so that it runs at 6000mhz as it should, rather than the default 4800mhz without EXPO). The only way I resolved this was after lots of Googling again and finding a random Reddit post which suggested turning on 'memory context restore' and 'power down mode' instead of leaving these as 'auto' like the rest of the RAM settings. Personally I think 'auto' should ensure fast boot times in this common RAM configuration scenario, and it should definitely be covered in official documentation from ASUS, which I could not find. Sadly, although unimportantly, the RGB default settings for the RAM aren't quite synced so if you care how it looks inside, more fiddling with software will be required as there are no BIOS settings for RGB control - that would also be a nice-to-have, since I am not a fan of unnecessary bloatware in my Windows setup. Otherwise, everything seems great. Easy to control fan curves, excellent (as far as I can tell) audio quality (tested both front I/O headphone jack and rear lineout so far, using decent headphones, without noticing any problems. Also to note, the Bluetooth range seems great, but only with the WiFi antenna connected (without, it's terrible, so I assume this is a normal requirement), and the WiFi itself seems good and stable. Ethernet too. That's all I can say for sure up to this point having built it just under a week ago. If anything changes I'll drop an edit.

Really good mother board handles win 11 pro. I have added extra sata and ports at front of machine as full atx case. I had one small issue and I think that's why people don't like this board. Driver issues but all fixed if you install the chip set driver and look for the rest you will get it fixed. I know computers like back of hand and even had me a little stumped but once you fix all drivers it's really fast. Update the bios too. It fixes bugs which were not seen at manufacturing time. Overall give the board 10 /10 asus always make great stuff. All i can say after a few months of use bios updates its beyond expectation Fast is a understatement with ryzen 9 Edition And Corsair ram it fly's no joke. i checked specs against intel and for price and build quality it keeps up with intel fast cpus no problem in expo mode as it hits much faster clock speeds automatically which shocked myself being a AMD xp CPU user. but what i will say they are doing away with floppy and CD / DVD roms thats why im glad i kept my open side window full atx case as can add more . you need add on cards for IDE and floppy controller but if case big enough it all works.

I got this motherboard paired with an 9800X3D. Booted the first time without any problems. Boottimes are very short with expo enabled. The build quality of the B850-E is very good. No coil whine because the heatsinks are very thick and high quality.

La mainboard funciona super bien. sin problemas, el envío super rápido, buen desempeño

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La ASUS ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI è davvero un'ottima scheda madre, soprattutto per chi cerca un'esperienza di gioco senza compromessi. L’installazione è stata semplice e il BIOS è intuitivo e ben organizzato, ideale anche per chi non è un esperto. Le prestazioni sono al top, con un’ottima stabilità e tutte le funzionalità necessarie per sfruttare al meglio i componenti di ultima generazione. Mi ha particolarmente colpito anche la connettività, con il supporto Wi-Fi che funziona alla perfezione, rendendo il collegamento internet stabile e veloce. Design curato ed estetica accattivante completano il pacchetto: ASUS ha fatto davvero un ottimo lavoro. Consigliata a chiunque voglia un setup di qualità!

Es una placa base del chipset B650E pero como si fuera una X670E porque se siente muy premium, sus acabados son increíbles, tiene todo tipo de conexiones en su parte trasera, buenos disipadores y fiabilidad en todos sus detalles. Me alegro de decantarme por adquirir una placa base ROG, lo recomiendo mucho.